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* Read ! The Virginian (Enriched Classics) by Owen Wister ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Virginian (Enriched Classics) The Original Western Novel H. P. The Virginian is a historical novel, as it self-identifies immediately, defining "any narrative which presents faithfully a day and a generation" as "of necessity historical." The Virginian is also a romance and a western (the original western), set in Wyoming in the late 19th Century.Surprisingly for the genesis of all westerns, The Virginian is light on action. It very much exists in its beautiful, lonely world. It was a time and place in which human interactio
| Title | : | The Virginian (Enriched Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743436539 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
Cawelti, professor of English at the University of Kentucky, is the author of "Adventure, Mystery, and Romance," also published by the University of Chicago Press. Taught Classics of Moderninst fiction, Modern Criticism and more. Published hundreds of reviews in The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, Partisan Review. Rosenberg is professor of American Civilization and English at Brown University.Born in New York City, 1933; PhD Columbia University wi
An excellent edition. / Rhys Williams, Warwick University
Still as exciting and meaningful as when it was written in 1902, Owen Wister's epic tale of one man's journey into the untamed territory of Wyoming, where he is caught between his love for a woman and his quest for justice, has exemplified one of the most significant and enduring themes in all of American culture. This edition of The Virginian has been prepared by Gary Scharnhorst, professor of English at the University of New Mexico. With remarkable character depth and vivid descriptive passages, The Virginian stands not only as the first great novel of American Western literature, but as a testament to the eternal struggle between good and evil in humanity, and a revealing study of the forces that guide the combatants on both sides. Pocket Books' Enriched Classics present the world's greatest literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. It includes his introduction, notes, a selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs.
The Original Western Novel H. P. The Virginian is a historical novel, as it self-identifies immediately, defining "any narrative which presents faithfully a day and a generation" as "of necessity historical." The Virginian is also a romance and a western (the original western), set in Wyoming in the late 19th Century.Surprisingly for the genesis of all westerns, The Virginian is light on action. It very much exists in its beautiful, lonely world. It was a time and place in which human interaction could be few and far between and people (the titular Virginian most of all) did not waste words. But that only m. "The Grandaddy of Them All" according to Collie Leroy. In one of his many great cowboy songs, Ian Tyson called the annual rodeo in Cheyenne "the granddaddy of them all." In the genre of western novels, Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is certainly the grandaddy of them all. The story, the characters, the realism of the settings all make this the quintessential western. The Virginian himself is quietly heroic but without the manufactured stature of the typically represented "cowboy in the white hat". In the south we'd call him a "good ole boy" with respect and admiration. His unpretentious manner, however, finds its perfect match in. "The Virginian" established the fictional code of the West. Owen Wister's "The Virginian," first published in 1902, is considered by many to exemplify the American Western novel. Wister certainly established the code of the West, and the stereotypical figures of the tough but genteel and courageous cowboy, (the one wearing the white hat and riding the white horse), the spinster schoolmarm from back East, horse rustlers, and the corrupt villain beyond redemption. In fact, the novel contains a scene constituting the first known "shootout" in American literature. Our narrator is an easterner, a man who visits Judge Henry, the Virginian'
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